Here is the first costume I have done for the girl child. She wanted to be a bunny this year. I used McCall's M6106 for the pattern (99 cent sale at Hancock's, of course) and let her pick the color. It had to be fleece because she wanted to feel soft. Naturally, I had to shorten the pattern quite a bit. I thought about taking it in on the sides as well, but she liked the roominess of the outfit so I let that go. Also left out were the spats. They would get filthy in about 2.5 seconds. ;)
I must warn those who use this pattern and fleece that sewing machines do not like going over so many layers on the hood -- the ears were sort of a pain. If I had any sense, I would have figured out a different way. Now I have 2 machines that I have to fiddle with because they are no longer working correctly, and I still have a Jedi costume to throw together. Time to break out the vintage foot-pedaled Singer for what I can't serge.
